July 3 New York, N.Y. The New York […]
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1981-07-03
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July 3 New York, N.Y. The New York Times published an article by Lawrence K. Altman entitled "Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals," which was subsequently distributed internationally by the New York Times News Service. This was the first major mainstream newspaper article to discuss the health crisis that would eventually become known as the AIDS pandemic. An unnamed Body Politic reporter (likely Randy Coates and/or Bill Lewis) dismissed the report as being biased and riddled with errors.
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June 5 Atlanta, Ga. The Centers for […]All Places
New YorkAll People
Bill LewisRandall CoatesLawrence K. AltmanAll Periodicals
The Body PoliticNew York TimesAll Articles
Rare Cancer Seen in 41 HomosexualsAll Citations
Don Slater, "Sexual Labels" (letter), Body Politic, no. 81 (1982), p. 5.Bill Lewis and Randy Coates, "Moral Lessons; Fatal Cancer," Body Politic, no. 77 (1981), p. 43"'Gay' Cancer and Burning Flesh: The Media Didn't Investigate," Body Politic, no. 76 (1981), p. 19Alain Emmanuel Dreuilhe, "Le cancer gai" (medical column), Le Berdache, no. 24 (1981), p. 23Lawrence K. Altman, "Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals," New York Times, late city ed., 3 July 1981, p. A20
